2024 Keynote Speaker, Brady Connell

BRADY CONNELL, Executive Producer 
The Great Christmas Light Fight

Christmas Expo is proud to welcome Brady Connell, Executive Producer of the hit ABC show, The Great Christmas Light Fight as this year’s Keynote Speaker. 

A frequent attendee and supporter of Expo, Brady will be sharing his personal experience of televising over 250 families who bring joy to their communities through holiday lighting — and who push themselves further every year. After twelve seasons of The Great Christmas Light Fight, he has immense gratitude to the lighting community for sharing their unique passion and talents with the world.

Brady has served as Executive Producer/showrunner and director of all twelve seasons of ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight. He has led the show to consistently strong ratings, creating a new holiday family-viewing tradition. Along with The Great Christmas Light Fight, he has helped launch some of television’s most successful series, including CBS’s Survivor and The Amazing Race. He was also Executive Producer and showrunner of over 100 episodes of the long-running ABC hit, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Brady is a Big Brother of Los Angeles; he is Governor-nominee of Rotary International in Los Angeles; he has two kids in college, and he lives in Marina del Rey with his wife Lauri Chryss, and their seven pets!